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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fists
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King clasps his head, ready to shield his eyes if need be.
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Abner clasps Questelle’s face in her hands.
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In the midst of handing the job over to his son, even as Diego is making a speech about water supplies, hygiene and education, Don Alejandro snatches it back to cheers, clutches his heart and dies.
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In it, Marilyn clutches the pillow toward her, revealing her disarming fragility.
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This Laura Geller hydrating primer creates a silky-smooth canvas that grips your foundation for all-day wear.
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Together with slight pressure from your foot, the claw head and pedal penetrates soil, grips the weed, and pulls it straight out of the ground from its roots.
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His eyes and smile are too wide, and his right hand grasps the air.
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There is only one candidate who grasps the complexity of this crisis and has the legislative experience to address it.
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“Fists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fists. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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